This will hopefully be the final installment of the Hellhole Apartment Series. We have officially moved into our new apartment and tonight will be our Farewell to the Crack Den Party. Then I hope to never see that building again. So, in the spirit of Official Farewells, some more things I will not miss about our old apartment:

The management’s habit of stating the obvious:

And all the really positive language (and by “positive,” I mean “obscene”)
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Well by now Spring has pretty much sprung here in Toronto, but a few weeks ago the ice was still clinging to the grass, which made the discovery of rose petals randomly scattered on the walk in front of my apartment building all the more stark.

Happy Spring!

I spotted a Bentley on Bleeker Street. There wasn’t anyone filming, no one was watching it, and I don’t think it’s the typical ride of Canadian drug dealers (please correct me if I’m wrong). The origin of the Bentley in St. James Town will remain a mystery:

Just around the corner, bottom line prices!

And May Day posters:

People have the power!

Trapped at Sherbourne… There’s almost always something blocking this exit. Once I saw a bicycle shoved in there.

Filming in the neighbourhood again. Another cop show, I imagine. SJT makes for a good slum location. Because it is one.

A lonely shoe left on the platform. I wonder what its owner wore on to the train?

Arriving at Museum. Museum Station.

Serve Canada Youth.